It is a remake of the 2012 Kannada film Govindaya Namaha, also directed by Wadeyar with starring Komal.

[3] The film has four heroines, Sakshi Chowdhary, Simran Kaur Mundi, Rachel and Anupriya Goenka.

[4] Achu scored the music,[5] and two tunes from the Kannada film - including the "Pyarge Aagbittaite" - were used in the Telugu version.

[6] The shooting was wrapped up in a single extensive schedule and the post-production work was simultaneously in progress.

While Venkata Rathnam decides to die as his lover ditched him, Govinda has four love stories to narrate.

Govinda and Venkata Rathnam go out of the hospital and watch Vaidehi being taken to a room for her delivery and his boss along with his parents.

Before suicide, Govinda tells Venkata Rathnam that he left Vaidehi as he was aware that if they eloped, her parents would have killed themselves, and that he separated his boss and Stacy as his boss would desert his parents after his marriage with her which didn't happen because of him.

The pair reconciles and a frustrated Venkata Rathnam leaves the hospital with the hope of gaining love.

The soundtrack album, officially released by Aditya Music, consists of 10 tracks, two of which were re-used from the original.

You can safely watch the film once, for the crackling performances from Manoj and Posani as well as for some great songs.

"[12] Oneindia rated the film 3/5 and stated, "Potugadu is a wonderful comedy entertainer, which has best performances, rich production and interesting script.

Despite political issues,[clarification needed] the film had a strong collection in its first week, ₹ 350 million at the box office.